I'm still not sure when the "death" or a corporations will happen. Corporations can only die when states remove their status and even if that happens they can always give IP, not internet protocol, to another corp. In effect they can't die and IP lasts forever.
Morally for me I count copyrights as lasting 5 to 10 years. Yes Atari through SNES games may technically be re-released now but they are outmoded. If they were public, the public would be better off. OF course this doesn't apply to new games
I think we should write to our reps., UK or US, and ask why they think IP should last so long, different from the founders thoughts and different from any societal benefits. Of course that won't happen because we are a lazy country. My username is what most Americans and the whole world even are like.
So you don't think of race car driving or horseback jumping as sports? I do think of them partially as sports at least. But of course since they require skill of cars and animals they are different than football or even foosball which is one letter better.
Much of that is true for acting. They get awards, cheering, anxiousness before performing. Now I would easily say acting isn't a sport while math might be.
The problem with limiting what public TV can do while not limiting what private TV can do is that you must have much money to speak your mind. Who, for example, would be able to tell the world what they want, Rupert Murdoc or Mother Theresa, ignoring the fact that she's dead and in another country? The airwaves should be public and hence available to the public even if they have unpopular opinion. Saying "bad" words is the same as showing pornagraphy or showing a Democrat convention. It's opinion agreed by only some people.
P.S. I posted this in another reply but I think it didn't go through. do'h
Now I personally don't think drinking and smoking should be on TV and movies because as people see it they start to drink and smoke too. So let's not allow TV to show that. That sounds like a good reason but make we want more teen pregnancy. What censorship does it stop TV from showing what certain people don't like. Not what is wrong. Self censorship is fine of course as is boycotting. But the gov't telling TV what to do is not. Tyranny of the majority is as much tyranny as that of the minority.
Well you probably won't see many on Slashdot because/. is generally anti-MS or at least pro-MS will be modded down. I myself though am very happy with my 95 setup which hasn't been reinstalled in many years, probably 3 or 4. It only crashes, requiring just a reboot, less often than weekly and I never lose data. It's the best OS I've used, including XP. I do get fanatical about people who say "95 is dead" and companies who almost try to make programs which require 98. You probably see more fanatics about OSes like Linux because the fans probably know it better. People who know more about things seem to be more fanatic about it. For example gearhead are fanatic about cars and they could strip one in 10 seconds. Military is fanatic about guns and they know a 45 from a 8mm. Movie critics are fanitic about movies and they see most before they come to the theaters.
I've always wondered that. I guess the self-incrimination Amendment says that but why should it only apply to a criminal? Anything I say can always be used against me even if I haven't been indited yet.
How can you not install Windows? Do you not know what you are doing? Are you so obsessed with Linix being right that you can't do a simple thing like install Windows? I can't install Linux. Windows is easy for me. Don't assume because you don't have a clue that Windows sucks. And how can't you get the data? Does Linux not even have good programs to see it with? Do you say that since.doc is not open it must be horrible? Why do you need to reinstall it. I haven't done that, with 95, in over 3 or 4 years. And I install and unstall stuff like crazy. Face it, Linux is not blatently superior to Windows. Windows has advantages Linux won't have for years. And of course Linux is too complicated for a "peon" to use. Even Windows is but they can get along. P.S. Your comment was rated 5 when I clicked on "reply to this" but was 4 in the new window. At least somebody knows you aren't that insightful.
Well I'm on windows because it's easy and doesn't crash. I never lose data. Plus it's intuitive. The GUI makes sense and I can do what I want easily. I only had to use Unix once because of work and my productivity went down trying to figure it out.
Now this is basically exactly the same as the anti-MS posts but conversed. I don't know about other people but I've only had good with Windows. Linux on the other hand hasn't been as useful. I'll be modded as troll for not being anti-MS in a troll story but it's still the truth. I install and uninstall stuff, have limited RAM and HD space, have a slower CPU speed and type, and even use win95. It's still great. If I was riding a bicycle it would be one of those dealies with the front wheel bigger than the back that Homer doesn't like just because it works for me.
When I read that I first thought of Willy Wonka, the movie not the book. There are probably lots of methods but unless you can write them down in case you forget they won't work. And some people aren't good at the piano. I know my fingers are too fat to easily play. Instead of Bach as my password I'd probably play Mozart and get locked out.
I actually did an anti-marathon. When I saw TFOTR I watched it in 2 1.5 hour parts. I don't know why someone would spend 20 hours watching it when they could be doing something constructive like sleeping or sitting around doing nothing.
I do know if it's the same thing but when I worked in a computer lab and a 5 digit lock was first put on I got to know the default password. That lab was changed but I've seen at least 1 other lock that happens to use the same password. They probably didn't change it either.
P.S. Is the one you are talking about involve pressing multiple keys at the same time?
Of course I didn't read the article, as I don't subscribe and am lazy, but wouldn't the heat kill all the plants too? And I thought there were "many" survivors. Mostly small animals, besides plants and lower life forms. And how could 1 impact effect the entire planet with such a high amount of heat? Wouldn't that metemorph rocks as well? Or even react the atmosphere?
I've tried poker a few times. I like Draw the best. Hold-em is too much like "5 cards on the table for everyone. Everyone get's the same cards." I like not knowing what other people have. I also don't like bluffing. Yes I know poker derived from bluff but I don't like it. It's almost like lying which I also don't do. Of course I don't like watching it at all. To me it's just like watching a die roll with irrelevant outcomes.
Well I was 17 9 years ago. I though I was "hot" then and I think myself of then as "hot" now as well. In any case many people are good then and many people are bad when they are older. You show me 100 people and I'll point to several dozen that shouldn't have all the privileges they do have.
I'll probably get flamed but how come whenever we talk about age discrimination we prevent older people from working. We never talk about the fact that millions 17- people are discriminated all the time for all kinds of things ranging from big machinery to going to movies. Yes in many cases they might not be mentally or physically mature but they often are. I was mentally the same as I am now when I was 14 or even younger. And as an age many "older" people are just as "dumb" as younger ones. Sometimes people talk about needing a cutoff but we don't need one. Age just isn't related to most of that. Size might be for a few things but not most. They can't even vote but the law expects them to be tried as adults. Wasn't there a revolution about taxing without voting! It's isn't fair and won't be until children get all rights due to them.
I do agree about boycotting but that doesn't work in a country of 300 million. Even if every loyal Slashdotist never buys RIAA or MPAA or whatever international product the company won't see a significant drop in sales. And they'll probably blame it on priacy anyways. We need laws now. Or at least assemblies. Capitalism only works on small groups Captain Boycott wouldn't care if the boycotters were only 0.001% of his sales.
I heard many opposing viewpoints. I like both math and computers. I still don't know though why math is needed in programming. I want examples of people doing different things and needing math to solve it. Tell me how being able to differentiate y=x^3+x^2 will help me make a program to enter prices of foobars and sum them up quarterly. I don't understand it.
I computed once his net worth relative to mine and I figured out that a penny to my worth is more than a regular house, about $200k, to his. Most people don't think twice about picking up a penny, but they would "die" if they lost their house. He appearently wouldn't.
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In a Enterprise or two ago when the doctor was the only one awake and he hallucinates another crewman. We only find out at the end the crewman wasn't never really there. Though what we saw as an episode ended up being "changed," as the doctor's log says, it was actually more interesting. Almost "Sixth sence"esque in effect.
So I'm late by a day. I thought of an idea where each voter actually votes for issues like abortion instead of a person. Each candidate selectes a platform, "pre abortion." Then each candidate adds the percentage of people who agree with his on each issue, done seperately, to his total. The person with ithe highest total wins. When you vote in November or whenever, do you know the entire platform of you candidate? I doubt it. You might know some important stuff like being for the Iraq war or not but not every detail. This eleviates that problem.
I have a cable DVR. I like it. Unfortunately the cable company, TW, add lots of extra channels that I want to "remove." I don't mean block or unsuscribe but remove from the guide or list. I want to press channel up and go right past it. Of course there is also the problem of "only" having 30 hours which is almost used up. Of course I keep alot of stuff to compare to other shows and other weirdness. I wish there was a way to "remove" the HDD like a floppy and put in a blank one. Right now the only way is to order another box and keep both. I also wish I could shorten programs so I don't have to keep the whole hour when I only need 4 minutes. It's pretty good though. I've only had a few problems as of recently but other than that I like the fact that I can access cable stations directly without Tivo weirdness or a seperate box.
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I'm still not sure when the "death" or a corporations will happen. Corporations can only die when states remove their status and even if that happens they can always give IP, not internet protocol, to another corp. In effect they can't die and IP lasts forever. Morally for me I count copyrights as lasting 5 to 10 years. Yes Atari through SNES games may technically be re-released now but they are outmoded. If they were public, the public would be better off. OF course this doesn't apply to new games I think we should write to our reps., UK or US, and ask why they think IP should last so long, different from the founders thoughts and different from any societal benefits. Of course that won't happen because we are a lazy country. My username is what most Americans and the whole world even are like.
So you don't think of race car driving or horseback jumping as sports? I do think of them partially as sports at least. But of course since they require skill of cars and animals they are different than football or even foosball which is one letter better.
Much of that is true for acting. They get awards, cheering, anxiousness before performing. Now I would easily say acting isn't a sport while math might be.
I don't know better than to feed trolls but Clinton is more Republican than Eisenhower.
The problem with limiting what public TV can do while not limiting what private TV can do is that you must have much money to speak your mind. Who, for example, would be able to tell the world what they want, Rupert Murdoc or Mother Theresa, ignoring the fact that she's dead and in another country? The airwaves should be public and hence available to the public even if they have unpopular opinion. Saying "bad" words is the same as showing pornagraphy or showing a Democrat convention. It's opinion agreed by only some people. P.S. I posted this in another reply but I think it didn't go through. do'h
Now I personally don't think drinking and smoking should be on TV and movies because as people see it they start to drink and smoke too. So let's not allow TV to show that. That sounds like a good reason but make we want more teen pregnancy. What censorship does it stop TV from showing what certain people don't like. Not what is wrong. Self censorship is fine of course as is boycotting. But the gov't telling TV what to do is not. Tyranny of the majority is as much tyranny as that of the minority.
So if the have Khan's DNA do they have other famous people's DNA? Can I see if I am Caesar's or Alex the Great or Charlamagne's descendent?
Well you probably won't see many on Slashdot because /. is generally anti-MS or at least pro-MS will be modded down. I myself though am very happy with my 95 setup which hasn't been reinstalled in many years, probably 3 or 4. It only crashes, requiring just a reboot, less often than weekly and I never lose data. It's the best OS I've used, including XP. I do get fanatical about people who say "95 is dead" and companies who almost try to make programs which require 98.
You probably see more fanatics about OSes like Linux because the fans probably know it better. People who know more about things seem to be more fanatic about it. For example gearhead are fanatic about cars and they could strip one in 10 seconds. Military is fanatic about guns and they know a 45 from a 8mm. Movie critics are fanitic about movies and they see most before they come to the theaters.
I've always wondered that. I guess the self-incrimination Amendment says that but why should it only apply to a criminal? Anything I say can always be used against me even if I haven't been indited yet.
How can you not install Windows? Do you not know what you are doing? Are you so obsessed with Linix being right that you can't do a simple thing like install Windows? I can't install Linux. Windows is easy for me. Don't assume because you don't have a clue that Windows sucks. And how can't you get the data? Does Linux not even have good programs to see it with? Do you say that since .doc is not open it must be horrible? Why do you need to reinstall it. I haven't done that, with 95, in over 3 or 4 years. And I install and unstall stuff like crazy. Face it, Linux is not blatently superior to Windows. Windows has advantages Linux won't have for years. And of course Linux is too complicated for a "peon" to use. Even Windows is but they can get along.
P.S. Your comment was rated 5 when I clicked on "reply to this" but was 4 in the new window. At least somebody knows you aren't that insightful.
Well I'm on windows because it's easy and doesn't crash. I never lose data. Plus it's intuitive. The GUI makes sense and I can do what I want easily. I only had to use Unix once because of work and my productivity went down trying to figure it out. Now this is basically exactly the same as the anti-MS posts but conversed. I don't know about other people but I've only had good with Windows. Linux on the other hand hasn't been as useful. I'll be modded as troll for not being anti-MS in a troll story but it's still the truth. I install and uninstall stuff, have limited RAM and HD space, have a slower CPU speed and type, and even use win95. It's still great. If I was riding a bicycle it would be one of those dealies with the front wheel bigger than the back that Homer doesn't like just because it works for me.
When I read that I first thought of Willy Wonka, the movie not the book. There are probably lots of methods but unless you can write them down in case you forget they won't work. And some people aren't good at the piano. I know my fingers are too fat to easily play. Instead of Bach as my password I'd probably play Mozart and get locked out.
I actually did an anti-marathon. When I saw TFOTR I watched it in 2 1.5 hour parts. I don't know why someone would spend 20 hours watching it when they could be doing something constructive like sleeping or sitting around doing nothing.
I do know if it's the same thing but when I worked in a computer lab and a 5 digit lock was first put on I got to know the default password. That lab was changed but I've seen at least 1 other lock that happens to use the same password. They probably didn't change it either. P.S. Is the one you are talking about involve pressing multiple keys at the same time?
Of course I didn't read the article, as I don't subscribe and am lazy, but wouldn't the heat kill all the plants too? And I thought there were "many" survivors. Mostly small animals, besides plants and lower life forms. And how could 1 impact effect the entire planet with such a high amount of heat? Wouldn't that metemorph rocks as well? Or even react the atmosphere?
I've tried poker a few times. I like Draw the best. Hold-em is too much like "5 cards on the table for everyone. Everyone get's the same cards." I like not knowing what other people have. I also don't like bluffing. Yes I know poker derived from bluff but I don't like it. It's almost like lying which I also don't do. Of course I don't like watching it at all. To me it's just like watching a die roll with irrelevant outcomes.
Well I was 17 9 years ago. I though I was "hot" then and I think myself of then as "hot" now as well. In any case many people are good then and many people are bad when they are older. You show me 100 people and I'll point to several dozen that shouldn't have all the privileges they do have.
I'll probably get flamed but how come whenever we talk about age discrimination we prevent older people from working. We never talk about the fact that millions 17- people are discriminated all the time for all kinds of things ranging from big machinery to going to movies. Yes in many cases they might not be mentally or physically mature but they often are. I was mentally the same as I am now when I was 14 or even younger. And as an age many "older" people are just as "dumb" as younger ones. Sometimes people talk about needing a cutoff but we don't need one. Age just isn't related to most of that. Size might be for a few things but not most. They can't even vote but the law expects them to be tried as adults. Wasn't there a revolution about taxing without voting! It's isn't fair and won't be until children get all rights due to them.
I recently saw a hummer limo. I wonder what the MPG of that was.
I do agree about boycotting but that doesn't work in a country of 300 million. Even if every loyal Slashdotist never buys RIAA or MPAA or whatever international product the company won't see a significant drop in sales. And they'll probably blame it on priacy anyways. We need laws now. Or at least assemblies. Capitalism only works on small groups Captain Boycott wouldn't care if the boycotters were only 0.001% of his sales.
I heard many opposing viewpoints. I like both math and computers. I still don't know though why math is needed in programming. I want examples of people doing different things and needing math to solve it. Tell me how being able to differentiate y=x^3+x^2 will help me make a program to enter prices of foobars and sum them up quarterly. I don't understand it.
I computed once his net worth relative to mine and I figured out that a penny to my worth is more than a regular house, about $200k, to his. Most people don't think twice about picking up a penny, but they would "die" if they lost their house. He appearently wouldn't.
[Spoiler alert] In a Enterprise or two ago when the doctor was the only one awake and he hallucinates another crewman. We only find out at the end the crewman wasn't never really there. Though what we saw as an episode ended up being "changed," as the doctor's log says, it was actually more interesting. Almost "Sixth sence"esque in effect.
So I'm late by a day. I thought of an idea where each voter actually votes for issues like abortion instead of a person. Each candidate selectes a platform, "pre abortion." Then each candidate adds the percentage of people who agree with his on each issue, done seperately, to his total. The person with ithe highest total wins. When you vote in November or whenever, do you know the entire platform of you candidate? I doubt it. You might know some important stuff like being for the Iraq war or not but not every detail. This eleviates that problem.
I have a cable DVR. I like it. Unfortunately the cable company, TW, add lots of extra channels that I want to "remove." I don't mean block or unsuscribe but remove from the guide or list. I want to press channel up and go right past it. Of course there is also the problem of "only" having 30 hours which is almost used up. Of course I keep alot of stuff to compare to other shows and other weirdness. I wish there was a way to "remove" the HDD like a floppy and put in a blank one. Right now the only way is to order another box and keep both. I also wish I could shorten programs so I don't have to keep the whole hour when I only need 4 minutes. It's pretty good though. I've only had a few problems as of recently but other than that I like the fact that I can access cable stations directly without Tivo weirdness or a seperate box.